Thread: Help! I.D. this unique piece!

I've been trying to buy a straight razor for a while, but i wanted it to be old one that I would restore/ have restored...

Anyway, I was walking around in Philly and found this in an antique shop.

Tang: DEVON MFG. CO. GERMANY I cannot find the name DEVON MFG anywhere on here or the internet...

Blade: Scored and pitted , but it doesn't seem to be much tarnishing... measures between 5/8 and 6/8


Scales: They proclaimed them to be bone, I can't even find pictures or mention of bone scales anywhere... Its definitely not wood though... also faint blue, and pink staining ... wedge is dark wood

Pins: pivot is loose until about 75 degrees open... holds tight after that ... the washers seem tiny, and the pins are the same color tarnish as the tail




any ideas about age or rarity? I would like to have the blade restored and keep these unique scales original ....

Forgot to mention it is only half hollow

Never heard of the copmany, but those scales look like bone to me. You can test them with a hot needle on the inside of the scales. Plastic will melt, but bone will not.

Devon did not make the razor. Most likely they were the ones selling them or handing them out.

like, a company had razors made with their name on it? promotional material?

Yeah probably. Look at Art of Shaving razors and Classic Shaving razors. They don't make them but they got their name on them and you pay alot more money for it too.

Originally Posted by Arandomvirus

like, a company had razors made with their name on it? promotional material?

Yes they bought them with their name on it. Sold them or like you said Promotional item.

Looks full hollow to me.

Well I have had a Devon MFG razor albeit in better shape. odds are this razor will never be a beauty queen again it would require too much metal removal most likely. which is not to say that it could not be turned onto a good shaver only a good cleaning and skilled honing will reveal that.

Start simple with some metal polish like MAAS or Simichrome once it is clean and it will take a while, you can then decide where you to start sanding.

yes the scales are cow bone and they will clean with polish as well and it like Kees said is a full hollow.

enjoy,
jim